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The Beatitudes by [Lyn LeJeune, Hieronymus Bosch]

The Beatitudes Kindle Edition

by Lyn LeJeune (Author), Hieronymus Bosch (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Social workers Hannah Dubois (white and nicknamed "Scrimp") and Earlene Washington (African-American and nicknamed Pinch), start their own business, Social Investigations, in order to solve the murders of ten foster children in New Orleans, Louisiana. Why have the NOPD, the Catholic Church, and politicians sidestepped clues that point to a force that holds great power both in New Orleans and the world. As Hannah and Earlene find more and more evidence, they also know that they are dealing with a force that crosses into the realm of the paranormal. Earlene is murdered with a sword from the famous Cabildo and returns to join her ghostly friends in the Heavenly City. A ghost can certainly help investigations. The Beatitudes gives us the first private ghost detective. Added to that Scrimp uncovers secrets about her family past, revealed by the underground hero, a four foot black man named n'est pas juste whose job is to help save New Orleans n'est pas juste. Scrimp is a voodoo princess (Gran Met).

Pinch and Scrimp are transported to an underworld much like Dante's Purgatoria in order to learn that the murderers are part of a secret organization called The White Army (le Armee Blanc), centered in New Orleans, but rooted in Medieval Europe and the Children's Crusade Each clue leads to a beatitude and each chapter defines the novel: The Pure of Heart, The Persecuted, The Merciful, The Sorrowful, The Peacemakers, The Meek, The Poor in Spirit, and Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice. The White Army is thus a study of good and evil and that act, the murder of innocent children, which encompasses all of the seven deadly sins. Who then can better perform acts of goodness and compassion than those who have suffered but are without sin? Pinch and Scrimp- a ghost and a voodoo princess, our new heroes.

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403 pages
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English
Publication date

April 13, 2012
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949 KB
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004DI7KHQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Discovery of Heaven Press; 1St edition (April 13, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 949 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 403 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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Chibacat

Good Story, Needs work on Kindle edition

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2012

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I read the entire book. I thought it was a good story. Having lived in New Orleans French quarter, I could see, feel, smell, hear all that I experienced living there in this book. Pinch and Scrimp were great characters and believable. I compliment the author on that!

Now about the kindle edition. There were so many mistakes: words misspelled, homophone mistakes, poor formatting that at times I had to reread things several times! This is aggravating. When I attempted to ask the author about who edited/formatted her book, her response to me was to block me on twitter! Good grief. The whole reason was so she could investigate and correct these things. It's incumbent on authors to check these things out. This was not criticism of the story itself! Alas, I can't recommend nor give 5 stars to a book that, at times, was darn near unreadable.

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Jan F. Watson

Almost a year later...still thinking about it

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2012

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This book hooked me from the start and a year later, I still think of the main characters. I absolutely loved the relationship between two friends...one now dead...as they fought to prevent the killings of foster children in New Orleans. The vividness of the details of New Orleans really set a powerful scene making this supernatural story more realistic.

I am sure authors hate to hear "this should be a movie," but this would be a good one. The mystery is strong and all characters, living and dead, are are complex. The story is action-packed and the twists often.

Most of all, after I read it, I kept thinking how much I wanted a "Pinch" in my life!

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rougebaisers

wow & woW & WOW again

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2011

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I know any words I add here might seem foolish if viewed by the author, but I shall be brave.

WOW.

Masterfully written.

Compelling. Makes you dream.

I could smell and taste this book while reading it.

It flows like an empty four lane highway with no speed limit, just watch out for what might be around the next bend or over there, in the shadows.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Once again.

WOW.

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S. Charles Balazs

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Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2012

I'm not sure how the book is, but if you're going to try to get people to buy it by Tweetspam, then you deserve a negative review.

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